diff --git a/aether/pom.xml b/aether/pom.xml
index 3861b491f95..c0a2ecdd46b 100644
--- a/aether/pom.xml
+++ b/aether/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.3.2</version>
+            <version>4.3.6</version>
         </dependency>
         
         <dependency>